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Contract Senior-level designers, Adaptive Path
Jul 27 05
Source: ID Discuss
Adaptive Path is looking for part-time contract Senior-level designers to work on a variety of upcoming projects.
Adaptive Path is a leading user experience firm, with clients ranging from the Fortune 500 to early-stage startups. For more, please visit our website:
The bulk of our work is web-based. As such, we're looking for a designer who embraces this medium, who is comfortable in designing with Web standards, who is experienced in developing interfaces and pages that are useful, usable, and engaging.
Ideally, we are looking for a designer who is equal parts graphic designer and interaction designer. As a graphic designer, you are familiar with the standard fare of form, typography, color, composition, imagery. Also, you have experience in either working with established brand identities and developing new ones.
As an interaction designer, you understand the Web as a place where people are trying to get things done. You seek to design tools and content that empowers people to successfully accomplish their goals.
We seek people with extensive project experience (whether agency or client-side), and a strong portfolio. We are definitely seeking senior-level people, and are interested in talking to director-level as well.
Projects range from 3 weeks to 6 months, and are worked on by small teams that include both Adaptive Path staff and independent contractors. Many contractors work on multiple projects with Adaptive Path.
Duties/Responsibilities:
+ Interaction Design
- work with a team to develop work flows and wireframes
- appreciate conventions of good user interfaces -- and when to break them
- comfortability in diagramming tools such as Visio or OmniGraffle
- experience with user-centered design methodologies
+ Graphic Design
- execute quality visual design work, employing a variety of styles
- able to successfully extend brands online
- demonstrate a deep familiarity with the Web medium
- understand the opportunities and limitations of standards- compliant HTML
- Familiarity with Flash and Ajax a plus
- Ability to code standards-compliant HTML and Flash a plus
If interested, please email jobs@adaptivepath.com. (I am one of the people receiving email there, so it's also a good place for questions.)